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Goodbye to Summer

After the heat of summer, I welcome the chill of autumn, the expressive rolling clouds, dramatic sunsets and flash storms. It’s almost as if the lion of summer is standing at the door of the season until autumn pushes him out – and this year it has been a long transition. In our garden, leaves are still on the trees, although the berries radiate a stunning scarlet glow. What I am waiting for is the turning of the leaves from green to gold and crimson; the feeling of elation as I kick a pile of leaf skeletons and inhale the musty scent of decay; the joy of getting caught in a short shower; the feeling of a scarf around my neck and gloves on my hands, while my face tingles. As I look out of the window, raindrops drip from the faded honeysuckle leaves, yellow tinged but still hanging on to the tangled, dried up vine.

autumn thunder growls
summer licks its wounds and turns
first leaves are falling

This week it’s time for haibun and Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haibun about autumn with a maximum of 500 words (including the haiku); try to write a haiku following the classical rules:

4 thoughts on “Goodbye to Summer”

A wonderful haibun Kim you have written your haibun in a very lively way I can feel, smell, see, touch and hear autumn in you haibun. And that haiku is really great. Thank you for participating and sharing.